Reviews
Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010
The Gift Band | Various Artists
There's not been, to my knowledge, a live album from Norma Waterson. So give a warm hand, please, for this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
Molly Tigre
This Brooklyn quintet's eponymously named debut (available digitally and on cassette) features a twin saxophone front-line, with Mitch Marcus and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Orfeo
Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
The title-track of Orfeo is a version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story dating from the 13th century, via a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012
L’Orchestre National Mauritanien
A never-before-released record of a once-famous, almost-forgotten group who were the progenitors of their very own style: this album is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Tangos
Rubén Blades is good at lots of things: singing, acting, writing salsa hits, being Panama's tourism minister, campaigning (against Sun...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Café Kállai
Erno Kállai Kiss Jr & His Gypsy Band | Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra
You wait for ages, and then two discs of sumptuous Hungarian Gypsy music come along at once. Both of these...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2015
Destination Overground: The Story of Transglobal Underground
Transglobal Underground feat Natacha Atlas
The original Transglobal crew are still working together, with and without Natacha Atlas, whose solo star has shone in the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert
A decade after their debut album, County Antrim's Beoga are celebrating with a lively and satisfyingly long anniversary CD and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014
